System and method for storing and displaying historical medical data measured by an implantable medical device
First Claim
1. A diagnostic system for use with a medical device implanted in a patient, wherein the medical device includes memory means, means for transmitting data from said memory means, and means for receiving data and storing said received data into said memory means, the system comprising:
- telemetry means for receiving medical data transmitted by the medical device, the medical data including physiologic data pertaining to the patient'"'"'s medical condition and parametric data pertaining to operating characteristics of the medical device;
long-term storage means for storing a historical patient data file containing medical data received from the medical device via the telemetry means;
control means for integrating medical data received from the medical device via the telemetry means during a current transmission into the historical patient data file stored in the long-term storage means, the historical patient data file thereafter containing medical data received during prior transmissions and the current transmission; and
means for transmitting said integrated historical patient data file to the medical device.
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Abstract
A system and method for acquiring medical data, integrating recently acquired medical data with previously acquired medical data, storing the integrated medical data, and displaying the integrated medical data to a medical practitioner in a convenient format appropriate for the type of data stored are provided. Recently acquired medical data are integrated with historical medical data in an implantable medical device programmer. The data may be initially displayed in graphical and text formats during a patient'"'"'s follow-up visits. The historical medical data may be stored in the programmer, in the implantable medical device or both. Medical data may include physiologic data pertaining to the patient'"'"'s medical condition, parametric data pertaining to the operational characteristics of the implantable medical device, identification data, including patient'"'"'s background information, and comments including the medical practitioner'"'"'s comments.
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56 Claims
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1. A diagnostic system for use with a medical device implanted in a patient, wherein the medical device includes memory means, means for transmitting data from said memory means, and means for receiving data and storing said received data into said memory means, the system comprising:
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telemetry means for receiving medical data transmitted by the medical device, the medical data including physiologic data pertaining to the patient'"'"'s medical condition and parametric data pertaining to operating characteristics of the medical device; long-term storage means for storing a historical patient data file containing medical data received from the medical device via the telemetry means; control means for integrating medical data received from the medical device via the telemetry means during a current transmission into the historical patient data file stored in the long-term storage means, the historical patient data file thereafter containing medical data received during prior transmissions and the current transmission; and means for transmitting said integrated historical patient data file to the medical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. The system of claim 16, wherein the control means comprises:
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means for receiving identification data from the medical device via the telemetry means; and means for selecting a historical patient data file from the plurality of historical patient data files by comparing the received identification data to the unique identifier associated with each historical patient data file.
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17. A programming system for communicating with an implantable medical device which is responsive to control signals, the implantable medical device including a memory circuit, data acquisition circuitry for acquiring medical data, a telemetry circuit for receiving the control signals, for transmitting the medical data acquired by the data acquisition circuitry, and for receiving data and storing the received data into the memory circuit, the programming system comprising:
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a telemetry head for transmitting the control signals to and receiving the medical data from the implantable medical device via the telemetry circuit; a long-term storage device for storing a historical patient data file containing the medical data received from the implantable medical device; an input device; a control unit for interpreting commands received via the input device, for causing the telemetry head to transmit the control signals to the implantable medical device, the control signals being representative of commands received via the input device, for integrating the medical data received via the telemetry head during a current transmission from the implantable medical device into the historical patient data file, the historical patient data file thereafter containing medical data received during prior transmissions from the implantable medical device and the current transmission, and for causing the telemetry head to transmit the integrated historical patient data file to the implantable medical device; and a display unit for displaying the medical data stored in the historical patient data file. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A diagnostic method for use with a medical device implanted in a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
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telemetrically receiving medical data transmitted by the medical device, the medical data including physiologic data pertaining to the patient'"'"'s medical condition and parametric data pertaining to operating characteristics of the medical device storing in a long-term storage device a historical patient data file containing medical data telemetrically received from the medical device; integrating medical data telemetrically received from the medical device during a current transmission into the historical patient data file stored in the long-term storage device, the historical patient data file thereafter containing medical data received during prior transmissions and the current transmission; and telemetrically transmitting the integrated historical patient data file to the medical device for storage in a medical device memory circuit disposed within the medical device. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A diagnostic system for use with a medical device implanted in a patient, wherein the medical device includes memory means, wherein a patient data file is stored in the memory means, means for transmitting the patient data file from said memory means, and means for receiving data and storing said received data into said memory means, the system comprising:
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telemetry means for receiving the patient data file data transmitted by the medical device; long-term storage means for storing a historical patient data file; control means for integrating the patient data file received from the medical device via the telemetry means during a current transmission into the historical patient data file stored in the long-term storage means; and means for transmitting said integrated historical patient data file to the medical device.
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49. A programming system for communicating with an implantable medical device which is responsive to control signals, the implantable medical device including a memory circuit containing a patient data file and a telemetry circuit for transmitting the patient data file and for receiving data and storing the received data into the memory circuit, the programming system comprising:
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a telemetry system for transmitting and receiving data from the implantable medical device via the telemetry circuit; a long-term storage device for storing a historical patient data file; an input device; and a control unit for interpreting commands received via the input device, for causing the telemetry system to receive the patient data file transmitted by the implantable medical device, for integrating the received patient data file into the historical patient data file, and for causing the telemetry system to transmit the integrated historical patient data file to the implantable medical device. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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